Monday, July 29, 2013

Cybermagazine - Monday

Monday July 29 2013 edition

HIGHLIGHTS

Climate Change Adaptation

The summer of 2013 will be remembered by many Canadians for the extreme weather events such as the rain and the flooding that occurred in several regions. Now the increased insurance claims resulting from extreme weather are becoming a problem that is eliciting warnings from those who study climate change.

Fans don't forget baseball greatness

Sports are about special moments as much as winning or losing. One of those moments occurred 22 years ago Sunday in Los Angeles, California. Montreal Expos pitcher Dennis Martinez pitched the 13th perfect game in major league history, beating the Dodgers 2-0. Not a single Dodger reached base.

Fox will star in new sitcom

Michael J. Fox's comic brilliance took him to the top of the television acting world back in the 1980s. Fox parlayed playing a stuffy yuppie in Family Ties into to a co-starring role in the Back to the Future cinema trilogy and seemed set for the life of a successful actor in both film and television.

Lake Ontario Swimmers halted

The 5 women who set out to do what no one had done before, were halted before completing their goal. Swimming Lake Ontario lengthwise, in a 305-kilometer relay from east to west, was the plan. It was undertaken to raise money for the global charity, 'Because I Am a Girl', the organization that promotes girl's rights and aims ...

Coffee-giving bug spreads in Canada

Buying hundreds of cups of coffee for strangers seems to have become something of a fad in Canada. It started last Monday when a man walked into a coffee shop in the western city of Edmonton and paid for 500 cups of coffee for no apparent reason.